East Timor birding trip; Masked Lapwings on Ashmore

[colin trainor <>]

Thanks Mike thats interesting. They seem to be a uncommon to rare vagrant to 
Lesser Sundas, with rare small influxes.

The Ashmore data is giving an interest frame of reference for Aust birds 
travelling north.

regards,

Colin

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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] East Timor birding trip; Masked Lapwings on Ashmore
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> Hi Colin, you query frequency of observations of Masked Lapwing on Ashmore 
> Reef where migrants to and from Australia may be encountered. I know of only 
> one record and that was in back in 1997. We've never seen one on the almost 
> annual Kimberley Birdwatching trips in spring neither have we on the now 
> biannual Monash University Monitoring Surveys. So they are rare.
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> Mike Carter
> 30 Canadian Bay Road
> Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
> Tel  (03) 9787 7136
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